Reparations for slavery

prevent the uprise of the African centralized societies that would have hampered their operations. Additionally, doubt and abnormal state of mind among African tribes happened as the Africans were catching and offering their own particular people into slavery to take care of the Europeans high demand for slaves. Numerous African societies had varied dialects, because of the strong influence of the Europeans. Additionally, the Transatlantic Slave trade added to the instability and the development…

Abraham Lincoln’s Jeremiad Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address in the Spring of 1865. With Lincoln’s use of biblical references and his overall providential interpretation, the second inaugural address was less presidential and more theological. The address did not reflect the typical format of a presidential speech, but rather the structure of the jeremiad. The jeremiad is a form of sermon that became popular among the Puritans in New England in the latter half of the…

The Haitian American culture has been a long-surviving and well-adapting culture. Starting with the indigenous people that occupied the island, before Christopher Columbus’ arrival in 1492. Columbus, being a conqueror for Spain, claimed the island of Haiti for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and named it Hispaniola meaning “little Spain”. From thenceforth the indigenous people of the island were killed off during gold conquests and the ruling of the Spanish by forced labor and diseases. With…

In the novel, Beloved, Morrison effectively illustrates, through Stamp Paid’s internal monologue, how the systematic savage nature of slavery swallows everyone it touches, turning them into “screaming baboons”, in turn dehumanizing them. Through the vivid description of a tangled jungle, growing and moving, slavery and its effects are compared to a place that is feared for its unpredictability. This fear is portrayed through dramatic sentence structure creating a sense of anxiety that is in…

The scene under study, from the film A Passage to India, depicts the Englishwoman Adela Quested exploring the local Indian area surrounding Chandrapore and discovering ruins of a native temple. While no words are uttered during this scene, it is crucial for understanding the full scope of the cultural conflict between the native Indians and the English colonisers. It is also worth noting that parallels and comparisons can be formed between the imperialism found in this film and that which can be…

It is safe to say everyone has their limits. Every person has different boundaries to push, in regards to their patience. It is, also, accurate to say every human being can only tolerate so much before losing control of themselves. In the case of Dana, from the novel Kindred, and Mona, from movie Sanfoka, both were at some time privileged women who later in their lifetime lost all of their basic human rights. After being stripped of their rights, disrespected, dehumanized, and suffered…

The British crafted an empire by using force, imposing authority, royal influence, and enhancing economic growth in North America for the purpose of expanding their empire. Britain was involved in many wars, set forth many regulations, influenced colonization, and developed commerce which all contributed to the British control of North America. England often used brutal force and intimidation tactics to defend their positions in North America. King Phillips war was a great example of this…

Why does it always seem like it is protocol to use anti-black violence, like in the slavery days, than it is to set right our victimization? It sounds weird, but looking further into slavery you see that slaves had no legal protection. It does not cross our mind, but violence done to women and men were mandatory in maintaining their enslavement over African Americans. Chandra Greggory’s…

Slavery and race were prevalent and accepted practices and ideologies through American history up to and including the 15th and 16th century. Due to the concept of slavery, the term “race” arose. Race was a way for the English settlers to separate and establish power over the slaves brought from Africa. Both of these concepts, race and slavery, support one another in the as proven throughout American history and would have occurred either way. One important event that brought slaves and the…

Human Trafficking according to the Merriam Webster dictionary is ”the organized criminal activity in which human beings are treated as possessions to be controlled and exploited as by being forced into prostitution or involuntary labor.” This is an unfortunate circumstance where heartless people take advantage over others who are being oppressed and conformed into an environment that is closely controlled. No matter what a person’s legal status may be in the United States they can be captured…